List of Cebuano words starting with the letter B - Page 192

n. 1. court case; 2. trouble, argument. Unsay ímung gilahugláhug dinhi. Burúka? What are you roving around here for? You want trouble? v. 1. have, make a court case. Ayaw burukáha ang inyung disgustu, Don’t make your quarrel into a court case; 2. make a fuss about something Pára kindi, inyu pa giyung burukáhan? Are you going to make a federal case out of the candy? 3. bring out some wrong-doing. Miburúka ang bátà nga naghilabut ang mutsatsa, The child informed us that the maid had been touching our things.

a. 1. shy and introverted; 2. ignorant of the ways of the world. Tungud sa kaburung giílad siya, He was swindled because he was so ignorant; 3. stupid; v. 1. be shy. Nagburung ka lang dì ka kamaung makig-atúbang ug táwu, You’re nothing but a wallflower. You don’t know how to face people; 2. be ignorant; 3. be stupid.

a. 1. pregnant; 2. for rice to form grains in the panicle; 3. for borrowed things to have been kept too long. Burus na ang librung ímung gihuwaman, You’ve kept the book you borrowed till it got pregnant; v. 1. be, become pregnant. Patakáling anay arun muburus (maburus), Mate the sow so she will become pregnant; 1a. — sa pasálig be fooled by assurances. Daghan na ang miburus sa pasálig niánang pulitiku, Lots of people have been fooled by the promises of that politician; 2. have in one’s womb; 3. for rice to form in the panicle; 4. keep borrowed things too long.